CARMAT, the designer and developer of the world’s most
advanced total artificial heart project, providing an alternative for people
suffering from end-stage heart failure, announces the first implantation of its
artificial heart, as part of its feasibility study and in accordance with the approvals
granted by the ANSM (Agence nationale de securite du medicament et des produits
de sante, the French health authority) and the Comite de Protection des
Personnes (ethics committee).
The procedure was performed on December 18, 2013 by the
Georges Pompidou European Hospital team in Paris (France) – a world first.